How Tyrannosaurus rex got its speed and endurance
How did Tyrannosaurus rex catch its food?
Looking at T. rex’s fossilized skull, the answer may seem obvious: monstrous jaws and sharp teeth capable of...
Modern birds evolved before the mass extinction that killed dinosaurs, shows study
One of the key skull features that characterizes 99% of modern birds evolved before the mass extinction event that killed all large dinosaurs.
Diamonds and X-rays open a new window into the Earth’s inner core
Scientists have succeeded, for the first time, in measuring the speed of sound of pure iron under pressures similar to the Earth's inner core boundary.
Our planet has generated lots of new lakes in recent years. That brings problems
The number of lakes on our planet has increased substantially in recent decades, according to a unique global survey of 3.4 million lakes.
Earth might be experiencing the seventh mass extinction, not sixth
Earth is currently in the midst of a mass extinction, losing thousands of species each year.
New research suggests environmental changes caused the first such...
Physicist strikes gold, solving 50-year lightning mystery
The chances of being struck by lightning are less than one in a million, but those odds shortened considerably this month.
Scientists reveal critical evolution changes to let dinosaurs and birds stand
Dinosaurs — and birds — wouldn’t have been able to stand on their own two feet without some radical changes to their upper thigh...
Scientists find possible diamond factory at center of Earth
When steel reacts with water at the Earth’s surface, it rusts. But what happens deep inside the Earth’s interior?
Astronomers make the most robust catalog to trace rare, cosmic explosions
The galactic homes of 84 short gamma-ray bursts (sGRBs) — produced by the collision of two neutron stars — have now been pinpointed in...
Scroll through the universe with this cool interactive map
Johns Hopkins University (JHU) continues to pad its space community résumé with their interactive map, “The map of the observable Universe”.